Are the numbers in this poll a worrisome trend?

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A total of 28 percent of respondents said they would be “much more likely” or “a little more likely” to vote for a candidate running for political office if he referred to himself as a “socialist.”

Conversely, 27 percent said they would be “a little less likely” or “much less likely” to vote for the candidate; 22 percent, said it would make no difference.

The poll was conducted Sept. 21-24 and surveyed 1,006 randomly selected 22- to 37-year-olds who are members of Maru/Blue’s online panel “Springboard America,” an online market research community.

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The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percent.

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